China's economy     (enjoy) rapid growth in the past three decades .    the country wishes to gain status (地位) as a first-world (世界一流的) economy, it must fight    corruption (腐败). Yet, combating corruption would be difficult for        obvious reason. There's no such thing     a crime-free society and corruption remains an inevitable(不可避免的) fact of life. Consequently, those        participate in (参与) corruption try their best to grab ill-gotten gains(霸占非法所得) in the hopes of avoiding punishment. Obviously, China's government has become more aware    this aspect to human nature. So, Beijing should place a greater emphasis on enforcing stiffer penalties(实施严厉惩罚) against wrongdoers and       (warn) the public that its investigative team is working around the clock to uncover corruption .      (hopeful), China will succeed in combating corruption since this would strengthen the nation's image abroad, improve economic conditions nationwide and help China to continue moving ahead along the path   prosperity(繁荣).